The UK Office of Fair Trading investigation into agency pricing continues apace, the Bookseller reported the other day. The government office spent much of the year gathering price information, records, and documents from various publishers, and is now in the process of assessing those materials. The OFT has not released any details on what timeframe the investigation could take.
The OFT has also yet to render another much-anticipated decision affecting e-books—the question of whether Amazon could be permitted to purchase UK e-tailer The Book Depository. Originally scheduled for August 30th, then delayed until September 2nd, the decision’s date is now listed as “to be confirmed.”
